News & Events May 2007
Dear Friend,
The Friends of Mount Auburn is pleased to present
the May 2007 edition of our electronic
newsletter. We invite you to join our email list to
receive this mailing on a monthly basis. If you
haven't done so already, click the link above to verify
your interest in receiving our newsletter. To ensure
that you continue to receive emails from us, add
[email protected] to your address book today.
Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175 Years
Please join us on Tuesday, May 15, for a
lecture with
Dr. Charles Beveridge, Series Editor of
The
Papers of
Frederick Law Olmsted, and Arleyn Levee,
a
national
expert on cultural landscape preservation.
The final lecture in our seven-part
series "Facets of Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175
Years of a Boston Jewel," will concentrate on
The
Cemetery and the Park: Nature, The Designed
Landscape and Urban Planning.
The program is free to the public and will begin
promptly at 6:00 PM in the Rabb
Auditorium of the Boston Public Library in Copley
Square, followed by a reception with the speakers
and a chance to enter to win
Mount Auburn-related raffle prizes and a special item
related to the lecture, which will be revealed later.
Co-sponsored with the National Association for
Olmsted Parks, Frederick Law Olmsted National
Historic Site and Friends of
Fairsted.
Space is limited for this event and registration is
requested. Please call 617-607-1995 or register online for this
program.
To ensure a seat in the auditorium, please plan to
arrive early for the lecture.
Learn more about Mount Auburn's 175th Anniversary .
Horticultural Highlight
Begin the month of May at Mount Auburn with a visit to
the lovely Magnolia �soulangiana
'Lennei' on Indian Ridge Path near Catalpa
Path at the Cemetery.
Number 58 on the Mount Auburn Unusual Trees Map,
the hybrid Magnolia
�soulangiana 'Lennei' commonly
known as Saucer Magnolia, is a cross
between M. denudata and M. liliflora that
originally
occurred in 1820's Paris.
This particular cultivar arose in Italy around 1850
through efforts of a gardener whose name is now lost
to obscurity. It was brought to Germany in 1854 by a
nurseryman (Topf of Erfurt) who gave the cultivar it's
name honoring Peter Joseph Lenn� (1789-1866),
Director-General of the Royal Botanic Gardens of
Prussia. The plant was described by one author in the
1860s as "a gift of the charming little bees of
Lombardy" (Bean, 1973).
Learn more about Mount Auburn's
horticultural
collections.
Special Events at Mount Auburn
Two free events will occur in May at Mount
Auburn:
Join us at 3:00 PM on Saturday, May 19, for a
spring
concert in celebration of Mount Auburn Cemetery's
175th Anniversary. Soloist Jean Danton,
accompanied by pianist Thomas Stumpf, will
perform works by some of the musicians and
composers buried at Mount Auburn including Arthur
Foote (1853-1937), George Chadwick (1854-1931)
and Randall Thompson (1899-1984) among others.
Note: This special event originally
advertised in the Spring 2007 Public Programs
brochure to begin at 2:00 PM will now begin at
3:00
PM in Mount Auburn's historic Bigelow Chapel.
At 1:30 PM on Saturday, May 26, Mount Auburn
will
hold our annual Service of Commemoration
on
Bigelow Chapel Lawn. This event is offered every
year to set aside time to celebrate the lives of those
who have gone before us and to experience the
uniqueness of Mount Auburn as a memorial of living
beauty and peace. Religious and community
representatives will lead the outdoor event.
Space is limited for these special 175th Anniversary
events. Please register online or call 617-
607-1995 to reserve your seat.
Learn about other spring programs
at Mount
Auburn.
Mount Auburn Cemetery: Birch Gardens
An Innovative Approach to Burial & Memorialization
We are excited to report on a project now under
construction at Mount Auburn, Birch Gardens,
a
unique new burial space.
Designed by Halvorson Design Partnership, Birch
Gardens is one of the Cemetery's 175th Anniversary
Legacy Projects and is expected to be
completed during the summer of 2008.
Birch Gardens will be an innovative and elegant
addition to Mount Auburn's landscape, consisting of
seven-foot high, 16-inch thick granite panels
connected by iron fencing, all weaving through a
variety of woodland plantings both inside and outside
the burial garden.
This project is another example of the Cemetery's
longstanding "balancing act," weighing preservation,
service and innovation so that each consideration
complements the whole landscape.
Thumbnail rendering: Courtesy of Halvorson
Design Partnership, Boston, MA.
The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery was
established in 1986 as a non-profit educational trust
to promote the appreciation and preservation of
Mount Auburn. Join the Friends of Mount
Auburn.
Learn about volunteer opportunities at Mount
Auburn.
Mount Auburn Cemetery is still a unique choice for
burial and commemoration. It offers a wide variety
of innovative interment and memorialization options
for all. Learn about Mount Auburn's many burial and memorialization options.
Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
phone:
617-547-7105
|
|